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SBCC Instructors' Association
Author: Tom Garey
Awareness - an inward consciousness of something(s)
that are subject to being changed. Change - an outward act or
series of steps which create a new situation.
- Charles Powell
WANT TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE? JOIN THE INSTRUCTORS'
ASSOCIATION
The Santa Barbara City College Instructors' Association
is the collective bargaining agent for all faculty, both regular
and adjunct, at SBCC. The Associations' primary role is to negotiate
with the District for salaries, benefits and working conditions
for the faculty. In addition, the Association assists individual
faculty in the event of employment related disputes and helps
to ensure that faculty members understand and enjoy the rights
to which they are entitled. In the process of this, the Association
monitors both the activities of the District as well as developing
changes in the law and employment practices in an effort to improve
the working environment for faculty and the College as a whole.
The IA is an independent association, not affiliated
with any larger collective bargaining organizations such as AFT,
CTA, or the AAUP. The IA is a member of the California Community
College Independents (CCCI), which is a consortium of other independent,
community college bargaining agents from around the state. Currently
there are fifteen such independent organizations. Through CCCI,
the IA shares information, strategies, and approaches to common
issues. Additionally, the President of CCCI represents the Independents
on the California Community College Consultation Council in Sacramento,
as well as the Council of Faculty Organizations (COFO). Thus,
through CCCI, your Instructors' Association has direct input into
the policy-making process of the system wide Chancellor and Board
of Governors.
SBCC has a long and productive history of shared
governance through the Academic Senate. Because of this, faculty
interests in the areas of governance, academic policies, and other
academic and professional matters are represented through the
Senate. The IA focuses on salary, benefits, and working conditions
for faculty. Resulting in a "thin" contract. The IA
and the Senate maintain a liaison relationship that works to complement
the efforts of each body, and in the long run, bring greatest
benefit to the faculty and the college.
TO JOIN THE INSTRUCTORS' ASSOCIATION
you need only contact any member of the Executive Board and request
a membership form. The Board members are:
President, John Kay
Vice President, Ed Inks
Treasurer, Lynn Stark
Secretary, Peter Naylor
Newsletter editor, Bob Cummings
CCCI Liaison, Tom Garey
Part-time faculty liaison, Homer Arrington
Any of these members may be contacted by phone
or e-mail.
DUES for the IA, at $15/month for full-time and
$4/month for adjunct faculty, are among the lowest, if not the
lowest, in the California Community College system. By joining,
you not only get to vote for officers and on contract proposals
and ratification, but you become part of the association that
represents you!
For more information, contact a Board member. The
IA web site http://www.sbcc.net/rt/ia/iaweb.html
is currently being up dated, but if you wish to view current discussions
on issues related to the upcoming contract negotiations, go to
the IA bulletin board at:
http://deannevins.com/forum/
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